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Registered Manager Catherine Gunnewicht signed up to the Social Care Commitment in September 2013 and is due to renew her commitment next month. Led by the Department of Health, the Social Care Commitment is a voluntary agreement about workforce quality. …

Registered Manager Catherine Gunnewicht signed up to the Social Care Commitment in September 2013 and is due to renew her commitment next month.

Led by the Department of Health, the Social Care Commitment is a voluntary agreement about workforce quality. The primary purpose is to give the public confidence that service users will be treated with dignity and respect and supported by skilled care workers.

Employers promise to give their workers the development they need and staff promise to put social care values into practice in their daily work.

There are seven commitments:

1 – Working Responsibly

2 – Upholding Dignity

3 – Working Co-operatively

4 – Communicating Effectively

5 – Protecting Privacy

6 – Continuing to Learn

7 – Treating People Fairly

By signing up, employers and employees are pledging to continually deliver high quality care and commit to best practice regarding their workforce. The Social Care Commitment gives existing and prospective clients confidence in the service they receive.

Q&A with Catherine Gunnewicht about the Social Care Commitment

How did you sign up?

I took a series of pledges and had a certain timescale within which to deliver them. As each employee and manager has to sign up individually, we have organized for a Skills for Care representative to run an information session for all of our staff in October to encourage more of our employees to sign up to the scheme.

It is straightforward?

It does require some time and dedication. However, throughout the process you are able to reflect on your own practice, which is always good.

What are your thoughts about it?

It is a very good scheme as it will get more people in the care industry examining their own practice against these seven commitments and they will be able to see what they are doing well and where they can improve. The fact that the commitment has to be refreshed annually means that it remains relevant and encourages reflective practice more frequently. The more people who sign up the better.

Would you recommend it and why?

Yes. It is good for our service users to know that our staff adhere to these principles and it is good for the industry that there are providers who are committed to achieving excellence.

Testimonials

Recent news coverage of the quality of care offered by home carers confirms again how fortunate we were to have the service of Care Concern’s superb carers.

C.P

01/10/2013

Care Concern Homecare

Recent news coverage of the quality of care offered by home carers confirms again how fortunate we were to have the service of Care Concern’s superb carers.

C.P

01/10/2013

Care Concern Homecare

The carers were kind, totally professional and most important, totally reliable. I think one of the advantages of the Care Concern service is the stability of the staffing.

J.P

02/10/2013

Care Concern Homecare

Please pass on my thanks to 'M' and 'S' who seem to have developed an extremely good rapport with my mother already.

S.W

01/09/2013

Care Concern Homecare

I’d just like to say how good 'Z' was with 'R' – very calm, very competent, full of care and encouragement (perhaps I should say care and concern!). Like having a good friend who also happened to know what to do. I am so glad that we have you and your excellent staff looking after our mother.

M.T

02/08/2013

Care Concern Homecare

Once again thank you for the excellent service you provided during 'I'’s last illness. We were very fortunate to have you and your team taking care of 'I', and I know she appreciated having such good people looking after her.

H.S

03/09/2013

Care Concern Homecare

I would like to congratulate you on the professionalism of your team – I am really impressed and so reassured about 'E'’s welfare!

C.R

05/06/2013

Care Concern Homecare

Thank you so much for organising... the rota at short notice, the night cover, and the fracture clinic appointment. As I have said before, I don’t know where I would be without you all.

A.C

10/05/2013

Care Concern Homecare

Just a little accolade for your company from the Nurse on the Observation Ward, 'H'. She commented that your team is the only one she would leave her relatives in the care of! 'J' and I are very heartened for a fellow professional to have this to say about the company we have chosen to care for our precious parents!

S.W

13/06/2013

Care Concern Homecare

We are very happy with the care package. The carers are excellent and your administration/attention to details/responsiveness are all excellent.

E.B

01/10/2012

Care Concern Homecare

Thank you for your help in caring for 'G'. If it had not been for you we would not have had the hospital bed and also the District Nurses involved either so I do owe you a tremendous amount.

M.J

10/04/2012

Care Concern Homecare

Thank you for everything you have done so far, and for everything you will be doing in the coming weeks that makes us feel so safe when we will be away. You have such a ‘can do’ attitude that overwhelms all the negative vibes I got from the other providers.

N.B

02/04/2012

Care Concern Homecare

Thanks so much for coming in this morning to go over our mother’s needs – as always we are so grateful to you and for being so responsive.

J.P

13/01/2012

Care Concern Homecare

I must confess that on the first day... I was extremely apprehensive – but I soon realised that he [Dad] was in excellent hands and could relax.

P.M

20/10/2011

Care Concern Homecare

Thank you most sincerely for all the care and consideration your whole team has shown. You could not have been more efficient or kind.

P.P

24/05/2011

Care Concern Homecare

We have all been absolutely delighted with all the carers Dad has had for the five months he has been in London – they couldn’t have been nicer people or more caring. I would certainly recommend Care Concern.

P.M

27/03/2011

Care Concern Homecare

I would like to extend my gratitude to you all and your wonderful staff for all the help and care and kind consideration towards my Dad.

S.I

02/12/2010

Care Concern Homecare

You have made it possible for him [Dad] to continue living in his own home, which is so important to us all.

H.B

20/12/2014

Care Concern Homecare

We are all so grateful for what you are doing for 'R' and are very happy with our dealings with Catherine and such a great rota with 'J' doing so many shifts.

S.B

30/05/2014

Care Concern Homecare

I would like to thank everyone for making my Dad's last few years as easy as possible. His last weeks and days were particularly well managed even though the circumstances were tricky. Really, well done everyone.

H.C

23/07/2014

Care Concern Homecare

You run an amazing service that I could not recommend highly enough.

B.H

22/08/2014

Care Concern Homecare

You have certainly been a life-saver for me. 'N' had been stumbling from crisis to crisis prior to your services being put in place.

L.M

11/09/2014

Care Concern Homecare

How brilliant and caring your staff are. Their kindness, consideration and attention to detail is fantastic.

C.B

09/10/2014

Care Concern Homecare

Thank you for the wonderful, personal and highly professional care that has enabled Dad to be at home for just over two years.

S.B

13/11/2014

Care Concern Homecare

I'm very impressed on professionalism, warmth and kindness of your carers. I've also understood they're [the carers] well looked after by Care Concern.

K.M

12/12/2014

Care Concern Homecare

Dad is really enjoying his outings with 'J' who seems able to get him to walk further and take more interest in things. Mum is enjoying the respite time too.

R.M

13/02/2015

Care Concern Homecare

You run a very efficient and reliable service with some very good staff, and if we had any other choice we would have liked to keep him at home.

M.M

17/03/2015

Care Concern Homecare

Thank you for the care and support, particularly for the speedy way you were able to implement the care plan when Mum came out of hospital.

G.B

01/04/2015

Care Concern Homecare

Your help is invaluable and my husband is always left feeling comfortable.